In Your Dreams, Condi In Your Dreams, Condi
Condoleezza Rice's myopic optimism mirrors that of the delusional Dick Cheney: Witness her refusal to be alarmed by rise of Moqtada al Sadr.
Feb 15, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bush’s War on the Poor Bush’s War on the Poor
George W. Bush's irrational governance has wrought yet another outrage: The Administration's $2.77-trillion budget request.
Feb 8, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Enron’s Enablers Enron’s Enablers
As the Enron trial unfolds, it's depressing that Phil and Wendy Gramm, the company's political enablers, are going unpunished and uncriticized.
Feb 1, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
You’ve Got Jail You’ve Got Jail
Obsessed voyeurs in the Bush Administration are poking their noses into everyone's business, with the help of Internet giants like Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo.
Jan 25, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Meanwhile, Back in Afghanistan Meanwhile, Back in Afghanistan
It's appalingly clear Team Bush is unwilling to do the hard work it takes to make Afghanistan the functioning nation it was before cold war games tore it apart.
Jan 18, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Shame of the Once-Young Republicans Shame of the Once-Young Republicans
What irony that Jack Abramoff and other once-young Republicans, who hectored their elders about defending the nation's taxpayers and security forces, should now be accused of deepl...
Jan 11, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Abramoff’s Sordid World Abramoff’s Sordid World
The unfolding Jack Abramoff corruption scandal exposes the hypocrisy of the GOP "revolution," which promised to restore morality to Washington but instead sank deepinto a cesspool ...
Jan 4, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Dr. Germ and Mrs. Anthrax Set Free Dr. Germ and Mrs. Anthrax Set Free
Why is it not bigger news that these infamous Iraqi scientists have been quietly released from imprisonment in Iraq without any charges being brought by their US captors?
Dec 28, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Pyrrhic Victory Pyrrhic Victory
The best outcome for US policy is the hope that Shiite and Sunni fanatics can check each other long enough for the United States to beat a credible retreat and call it a victory, a...
Dec 21, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Human Rights, Rendered Meaningless Human Rights, Rendered Meaningless
The outsourcing of torture to other countries is a devilishly clever legalistic fiction that allows the Bush Administration to systematically violate basic human rights of terror s...
Dec 14, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer